St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-18
at BRYN NfAWR.
Mrs. Cleveland Has a Charming
Time at Mr.. Childs' Country

Seat.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1.-THE most
important social event connected with
the celebration of the Constitutional
centennial took place this afternoon,
when Mrs. Cveleland was entertained
by Mr.. and Mrs. George w. ChildS, at
WootOn, their beautiful country seat at
Bryn Mawr. The occasion was marked
by the presence of a great number OF
distinguished persons. Mrs. Cleveland
and the invited guests, numbering from
special train. Mrs. Cleveland looked
particularly charming in her eXquisltely
fitting dress of brown silk, trimmed
with gold braid. When she reached
the second flooor of the station,
Mr.. Childs was waiting to re-
celve her, and at once eS-
corted her into the private car where
she was joined by Gen. and Mrs. Sheri-
dan, Secretary of State Bayard, ex-
at Bryn Mawr, where the whole place
had turned out to see her, Mrs. Cleve-
land mounted to seat beside William
StrutherS on top of the tally-hO, and as
she sat there with
GIRLISHLY CHARMING
and pleased expression, she SO won upon
the hearts of the onlookers that they
burst into three cheers for her. The
rest of the party were accommodated to
seats on the tally=ho and other vehicles,
and were driven to Wooton.
Upon reaching Mr.. ChiIds' grounds
the impromptu coaching party
went at once to the spring
house, ane. after being shown its at.
fractions, Mr.. Childs led them to an en-
closure near by where seven or eight
thoroughbred Jerseys We're browsing.
Mrs. Cleveland, on being told that she
might choose whichever one of them
she wanted for present, expressed her
delight in naive fashion by consulting
all about her as to her choice, and she
cast an appealing glance at eX-President
Hayes, by this time was in the enclOS-
ure examining the cattle with the air of
a rural critic. Mrs. Cleveland also
called upon Bishop Potter and Mr..
ChildS to give her their opinions. and at
last her selection wavered between Hes
ter and Groce. The latter,
A PRETTILY-CoLoRED HEIFER,
eighteen months old, finally had the
honor of being chosen, and as her new
mistress announced the fact she turned
laughlngly to Gen. Sheridan and said:
General, do you think am mean in
| taking the best?" Mrs. Cleveland soon
after mounted the tally-ho and drove the
party herself to Mr.. Chiids' house,
handling the reins i'll Skillful style.
| Once again off the tally-ho Mrs. Cleve-
| land was soon inside the house, where
she took her place with the other ladies
receiving. There were Mrs. Potter, wife
of Bishop Potter: Mrs. MacAllister
Laughlon, Mrs. Samuel j. Randall, Mrs.
| Sheridan, Mrs. f. d. Grant. wife of
| Col. Grant; Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer, Mrs.
j. Dundas Lippincott, Mrs. Richard L.
Ashhurst, Mrs. Richard NJ. Cadwallader,
Mrs. Eleanor Patterson and the
Misses Smith. The other guests, all
anxious to get sight OF the presidents
wife, fell in line and passed in the front
door. Mrs. Cleveland had been at the
| house but short time, before by
Childs, Col. and Mrs. Grant, Mrs.
Pulitzer and Miss Patterson, passed out
of the house unobserved and proceeded
! to small oak tree near the house.
Here Mrs. Cleveland took spade in
her hand and cleverly turning the soil
/ ''planted'' the tree which will go down
to history as the product of her skill.
| By the time this ceremony. u'ais finished
| the tally-ho was alonggsIde and Mrs.
| gathered up the reinS like true whip,
and waving her good bye to Mr.. Child3
| and his friends, drove off with a coach
full and returned to the city.
THE HIBERNIAN SOCIETY.
The Members Listen to a Felici-
tous Speech by the Nations
Ruler.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 17.-Three
| hundred persons sat down to the CEN
| tennial banquet of the Hibernian So
| ciety this afternoon. After the men,
| berS had been seated few moments
| President Cleveland arrived. AS the
| president entered the entire aSSemblage
arose, and amidst cheers and waving Of
handkerchiefs the chief executive was
escorted to his seat by the side of the
chairman, eX-Gov. Andrew Curtin.
| After half an hours intermissiOn Chair
man Curtin raped to order, and intro
| duced Gov. Green, of New Jersey, who
| responded to the toast, 1.-The Constitu-
| tion of the United States.'' Chairman
| Curtin, after few moments intermiS-
sion. introduced President Cleveland,
| who spoke as follows:
should hardly think that my participation
| i'll the centennial celebration was satisfactory
| if had no opportunity of meeting the repre-
| sentatives of the society, which, through its
| antiquity and associations, bears close rela-
| ton to the time we commemorate. Thatyou
| celebrate this occasion is a reminder Of the
| fact that, in the troubulous and perilous days
| of our country, those whose names stood
| upon your roll of membership nobly fought
for the cause Of free government and for the
| homes which they found upon our soil. No
| society or corporation, am sure, has in its
| charter or in its traditions and history bet
| ter or more valuable certificate to its patri-
| otic worth and character than you have, and
| to which this association is successor. 1t
has always been noted for the firm
| adherence of its members to the
| glorious cause in which we engaged.
| One of the objects of your society is stated to
| be for the relief of emigrants from Ireland,
| and it leads me to reflect how nearly allied to
| love of country is kindly humanity and how
| naturally such benevolentpurpoSes of this
| society, as the assistance and relief of your
strange and needy emigrants follows the pa
| triotism in which it had its origin. Long
| may the Hibernian society live, and prosper,
| long may its benevolent humane work be
| prosecuted, and when another centennial OF
| the constitution is celebrated, may those who
| shall then form it's membership, be as fully
| i'll sympathy with its patriotism, its history,
| and traditions, and ready to join in the gem
| eral felicitation, as the men | see about me
! here
The speech elected most uproarous
| applause. and when the president, few
moments later, started to leave the hall,
| the members formed in line and lie was
compelled to accord each hand shake.
After the retirement of the president,
Lieut.. Gen. Schofield responded to the
toast Army and Navy and Gov,
Beaver to ''Thirteen Original States."
hugh Lee, of Virginia, and Engineer
| Melville, of the navy.
THE GOVERNORS.
They Arrange for the Construc.
| tion of a Memorial Monument.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. IA meeting